MIU Connoisseur Corkscrew | 
| Brand: MIU Category: Kitchen
List Price: $29.99 Buy New: $13.99 You Save: $16.00 (53%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 92 reviews Sales Rank: 974
Color: Black/Silver Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7 Dimensions (in): 7 x 2 x 6
MPN: 61000054 Model: 90050 UPC: 806700900509 EAN: 0806700900509
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Professional-quality wine opener; removes corks quickly and easily | | • | Durable, nickel-plated zinc alloy; easy-grip handles | | • | Includes: extra corkscrew, presentation stand, and foil cutter | | • | Dishwasher-safe; lifetime warranty | | • | Professional quality |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Product Description The next best thing to an in-house sommelier, this professional-quality wine opener offers the same impressive performance and stylish design as corkscrews that cost far more. Made from durable, nickel-plated, zinc alloy with easy-grip, ergonomic handles, it uses metal gears to extract corks in seconds. The entire process requires minimal effort, and best of all, there are never bits of mangled cork floating around in the bottle afterwards. This MIU France wine opener comes with an extra corkscrew, an attractive presentation stand, and a foil cutter to prepare bottles for opening. This product is dishwasher-safe, and has a lifetime warranty.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 87 more reviews...
Poorly Designed September 5, 2008 I bought this item thinking that I would have a dependable corkscrew. But after relatively light use a bit of plastic broke and the corkscrew simply didn't work any longer. I noticed several other similar reviews. It was a waste of my money and I feel that my purchase price should be refunded.
Not durable - avoid August 23, 2008 Purchased 2 of these, one for me, one as a gift in Dec. 2007. Initially worked great, but both broke within 6 months after what I'd consider light to moderate use (one to three bottles opened per week). Pick a different one.
I'll read the reviews more carefully in the future August 21, 2008 Like others I bought this item only to have it fail after 2 months. For the first month, it worked well hence the two star review. Since there is no path to repair (deliberately I suspect), I'll buy a different brand from some other source.
Worked Well For A While August 4, 2008 I owned the thing for about 2 years, during which it worked as advertised. Was actually very pleased with it until, all of a sudden, it stopped lifting the cork out of the bottle. Instead of lifting the cork out, the plunger just unscrewed, leaving the cork in the bottle. Examination revealed that a small plastic part had broken, rendering the product useless. A part, I might mention, that was not replaceable. What good is solid metal construction, if a small plastic part is on the critical path? So much for lifetime warranty.
Great opener July 21, 2008 I bought this January 2006, and it's still going strong. We got one in 2003, and it broke for some reason, I can't remember, so I replaced it with this one. It's so easy, it opens and removes the cork in 2 motions that take 3 seconds. Like the one star review, I too have an engineering degree. I'm not sure how that pertains to reviewing a bottle opener, but to each his own!
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